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EA has a lot riding on Battlefield 4, and it’s stepping up its investment in a big way

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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SAN FRANCISCO — In a hail of faux gunfire, Electronic Arts unveiled Battlefield 4 at a special event Tuesday evening during the Game Developers Conference. And EA has finally given its stakeholders a glimpse into whether it still has a bright future in video games or not.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.